Maiden uniteD is an acoustic project. Musicians from different bands join together to play an all-acoustic tribute to English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The songs are played with new arrangements.

About

In 2006, Joey Bruers was asked to perform a tribute at a convention for the Dutch Iron Maiden fan club in Dynamo, Eindhoven. Together with several musicians he played a set of acoustic Iron Maiden songs.

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attended the convention and gave the band ‘two thumbs up’. There were a few more shows like this and then he started to write new acoustic arrangements for a series of songs with Ruud Jolie ( Within Temptation). They began to search for musicians to record these songs and on 9 December 2010 their first album was released; ''

Mind the Acoustic Pieces ''Mind the Acoustic Pieces'' is the first studio album by Maiden uniteD. It is an all-acoustic reinterpretation of the 1983 Iron Maiden album ''Piece of Mind'' with rearranged music for an acoustic setting Background Joey Bruers and Ruud Jolie re ...

'', an all-acoustic reinterpretation of Iron Maiden’s classic album Piece of Mind. The album was supported by the "Pieces Over Europe Tour" (December 2010 - April 2011). Maiden uniteD played at the 2011 Wacken Open Air festival in Germany and they played at the 2011

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in the UK. Their second album 'Across The Seventh Sea' was released in September 2012 and followed by a European tour in November and December. This album contains rearranged songs from several Iron Maiden albums. Perttu Kivilaakso ( Apocalyptica) plays cello on the tracks 'The Evil That Men Do' and 'Infinite Dreams'.Blabbermouth
A new album is expected at the end of 2014 Maiden uniteD brought their third album ''Remembrance'' out in 2015. There are also special guests on this album such as ex Iron Maiden singers Paul Di'Anno and Blaze Bayley. Next to them are Wudstik, Marcela Bovio of Stream of Passion and ex Iron Maiden drummer

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also on the album. A European tour follows from September through December.

Discography

Albums

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'' (ltd. Vinyl edition) (2011) *''Across the Seventh Sea'' (2012) *''Across the Seventh Sea'' (ltd. Vinyl edition) (2012) *''Remembrance'' (2015) *''Empire of the Clouds .P.' (2018) *''The Barrel House Tapes'' (2019)

Singles

* ''The Trooper/Sun and Steel'' (with Anneke van Giersbergen on vocals) (2011) * ''Strange World'' (2015)

Current members

* Damian Wilson (

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, Ayreon, Star One,

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, Landmarq): Vocals * Ruud Jolie ( Within Temptation,

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): Guitar * Joey Bruers (Up The Irons): : Bass * Stef Broks (Textures): Drums * Thijs Schrijnemakers (Orgel Vreten): Keyboards

Guest Members on Tour

Perttu Kivilaakso ( Apocalyptica): Cello
Anneke van Giersbergen (formerly The Gathering), ( Devin Townsend), ( Ayreon): Vocals
Luke Appleton ( Blaze Bayley, Absolva): Bass
Lee Morris (formerly

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): Drums
Huub van Loon ( Dearworld): Keyboards
Joe Lazarus (

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): Drums
Marcela Bovio (formerly Stream of Passion), ( MaYaN), ( Ayreon): Vocals
Martijn Balsters ( The Dust Connection): Guitar
Wudstik ( Ayreon), (

): Vocals
Tom Sikkers (Daybroke): Guitar

Former members

* Marco Kuypers (Cloudmachine): Piano * Mike Coolen ( Within Temptation): Drums

Concert tours

External links

Maiden uniteD

References

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